“Cameras don’t take great pictures. Artists take great pictures. And no two artists see the same things the same way,” Nan Goldin Daniel Tucker founded Telluride’s Ah Haa School for the Arts in 1991 based on the idea that we are all creative. All it takes...
Trends and styles may change in music, but there are just some things that are timeless…like songwriting from the heart with ear-catching melodies and rich harmony vocals. [caption id="attachment_31948" align="alignright" width="300"] Sons of Fathers[/caption] The team of David Beck (a stage name as his real name is...
They will soon be here in force. Telluride Wine Festivarians, the people who inhale audibly at the mere mention of the word "Bordeaux" paired in the same sentence as the words "Chateaux Lafite Rothschild." But few of them condone torture in any form, including phrases...
G. Lucid Nut Brown Ale was officially released on 6/19/2013 Telluride Mushroom Festival, The Telluride Institute, and Smugglers Brewery are proud to present the official release of their Myco-Infused Beer, the G. Lucid Nut Brown Ale. This health-stimulating, handcrafted beer infusion is a toasted walnut brown...
[caption id="attachment_31912" align="alignright" width="300"] Rigoberto Hernandez, this week at TSRC's Town Talk[/caption] TSRC's Town Talks series continues on Tuesday, June 25, this week presenting topics critical not only to scientific advancement, but also pertinent to the equality and health of human beings. Professors of Chemistry and...
[caption id="attachment_31874" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mountain Village's Sunset Plaza Firstgrass crowd, 6/19/2013[/caption] There was a good crowd at Mountain Village's Sunset Plaza Wednesday evening for Firstgrass, the opening shot of the 2013 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. An appreciative audience enjoyed the late day sun, entertained by Rosco Bandana,...
We can be a bit dismissive of young people's capabilities. We tell them there’s an order to things: first grade school, then college, a few jobs, then success, if you’re lucky. But time and time again, we’re proven wrong. Success can come early, very early,...
Years ago, a few friends got together at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and formed a band called the Steep Canyon Rangers. They weren’t music majors; nor did they have grand ambitions. But what started out as a college hobby has now morphed...
[caption id="attachment_31770" align="alignright" width="300"] YMSB, Jay Blakesberg[/caption] Telluride has its festivals. Nederland has Frozen Dead Guy Days. No kidding, the event is celebrated annually, Friday – Sunday the first full weekend of March. A centerpiece of Frozen Guy Days is a screening of the film "Grandpa's in...
Jump into the music of the Brooklyn-based band, Lake Street Dive, and you might be unsure where you’ve landed. The music is pop with jazz roots. Soul with funk and folk thrown in. In short, Lake Street Dive is an amalgam of sounds that gets...
